Fee Arbitrator Training

Date:

5/16/2013

Time:

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location:

ACBA

1000 Broadway
Suite 480
Oakland CA, 94607

Registration Closes:

5/15/2013

This training session is offered to all prospective and current volunteers who arbitrate attorney-client fee disputes for any local Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program through the State Bar of California. The course will provide the basic training required to serve on a bar program's fee arbitration panel. Non-lawyer (lay) arbitrators, in addition to attorneys, are encouraged to attend this valuable training session and join a Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program.

Speakers will address recent developments in fee arbitration and other important topics such as:

Writing an Enforceable Award

Statute of Limitations

Effect of Conflicts of Interest

Arbitrator Disclosure Requirements

Controlling the Proceeding

Speakers will be the State Bar of California's Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration